About Karen
Karen Schwartz Triana is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She is based in Florida and brings 14 years of experience to sessions. Karen talks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She tailors each session to the person's needs and sets short-term goals to track progress. Sessions include time to reflect at the end so people can notice what helped.
Background and approach
Karen uses clear, hands-on techniques rather than abstract explanations. Her background began in career counseling and expanded into mental health work. That experience informs how she addresses workplace stress, career transitions, and related mood concerns.
She has worked with people facing trauma, relationship strain, and parenting stress. Karen draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small changes between sessions, and centering the conversation on the person's goals.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy tools when they fit a client's needs. These methods help with motivation, decision making, and reshaping unhelpful stories people tell about themselves. Karen focuses on steady progress and practical next steps.
How these approaches work online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include homework between visits like tracking thoughts or testing small changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. In remote sessions the therapist offers empathic support and helps people set their own goals so the work feels relevant and manageable.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Karen will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs with each person and adjust methods as the work progresses. That collaborative process helps decide whether CBT, client-centered work, or motivational techniques fit best.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video lets people use visual cues when helpful, phone calls work well with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can be used for quick check-ins or when someone needs a shorter contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on concrete steps and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida, New York, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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